Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently seen opposite Warren Beatty in the title role of the re-released Lilith as a mentally ill girl suffering from ‘ nymphomania ’ , Seberg was hounded by an FBI dirty tricks campaign after her vocal support for the Black Panthers movement , which reportedly led to her suicide in 1979 . |
| 2 | Much has been written about the subject in terms of the various packages , both actually available and merely promised , but remarkably little has been conveyed about their actual usefulness for the businessman . |
| 3 | Somerset have signed Pakistan legspinner Mushtaq Ahmed , 22 , as their overseas player for the next three years . |
| 4 | Our international standing as managing agents and consultants in energy efficiency and renewable energy was highlighted this year when the International Energy Agency appointed ETSU as its overall manager for the analysis and dissemination of renewable energy technologies . |
| 5 | Charles White acted as her medical adviser for the last eight years or so of her life , until she died in February 1758 at the age of seventy . |
| 6 | In the event of there being stocks to be disposed of or a period during which essential support for the Licensed Software is required , temporary use of these devices may be agreed by separate negotiation in writing . |
| 7 | On the one hand , the United States ' courts can put more teeth into the State Farm ‘ list ’ through their greater concern for the provision of reasons and a filly developed record as compared to the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | A case in point , which we discussed at length in the first edition of this book , is Teesside Polytechnic where the CNAA 's 1978 quinquennial review led to the most critical report ever issued by the CNAA on an institution : among other things , it criticized the local authority for its inadequate support for the polytechnic and the director for a failure in internal management . |
| 9 | It is probably not accidental that the most famous and widely discussed paranoiac of modern psychiatric literature , Schreber , had a father who seems to have approximated rather closely to the divine monarchs of earlier times and certainly practised a regime of child-rearing which was notable not only for its authoritarianism but also for its central concern for the welfare of the child , who was to be protected from harmful influences , bad habits and incorrect posture by rigidly enforced and total parental control , which even included applying iron and leather braces and restraints to the child 's body . |
| 10 | The explosion destroyed a bar in an area known for its strong support for the Sacred Union . |
| 11 | Pravda had been suspended temporarily by order of the Russian government in August , for its alleged support for the failed coup [ see p. 38418 ] . |
| 12 | Lucy read , and between her sudden fascination for the floor tiles , edge of the table cloth , light thru' the wine glasses , Jay shot glances at Lucy , delirious at how small her hands were , how the rings she wore seemed to hold those tiny fingers together , how she longed to touch , kiss and suck those hands , nuzzle the inside of Lucy 's wrists . |
| 13 | British Police15pts Combined Services22 NEITHER the British Police nor Combined Services were at full strength for their annual match for the Securicor Trophy at Imber Court . |
| 14 | Sr. Mary Sloan expressed her gratitude to the committee for their continued support for the work of the hospice . |
| 15 | Owing to faulty traffic lights at the top of Tip Lane , the procession was held up and , on arriving at the ground , found Potley already on the pitch and themselves a hefty fine for their late arrival for the game . |
| 16 | None the less , the supporters of the Duke of Northumberland lost no opportunity to represent her as a staunch papist , and attempted to make use of anti-papal fears to win support for their rival candidate for the throne , Jane Grey . |
| 17 | In sharp contrast , the returns for 1992 showed an excess of 42 per cent of companies were spending more rather than less on R&D — 9 per cent higher than had been anticipated on the basis of previous declaration by companies for their planned expenditure for the year . |
| 18 | SHOWBIZ stars last night honoured six unsung heroes for their behind-the-scenes work for the disabled and disadvantaged . |
| 19 | Many women saw a clear convergence of interests between their own struggle for the vote and purity pressure for legislation . |
| 20 | FORBIDDEN FRUIT : The True Story of my Secret Love for the Bishop of Galway . |
| 21 | spoken with unbecoming censure respecting the works of cotemporary architects , and somewhat boastfully of my own design for the building under consideration . |
| 22 | That was the sum total of my formal education for the craft . |
| 23 | Lancashire , without the benefit of first-choice Orrell players , field only four of their semi-final team for the ADT County Championship final against Cornwall at Twickenham on Saturday . |
| 24 | The hotel staff had been firmly relegated to a very small part of their own domain for the preparation of luncheon and would thereafter be merely onlookers , apart from serving the food to the hoi polloi of the guests this evening , while Auguste and his pupils served the Prince of Wales 's table . |
| 25 | Reuters news agency , quoting Chinese sources , reported on Feb. 6 that a group of workers calling themselves the China Free Union Preparatory Committee had posted out 2,000 copies of their anti-government manifesto for the organization , modelled on Poland 's Solidarity . |
| 26 | He trusted the curiosity of these young men was an indication of their special training for the task . |
| 27 | Buoncamino , the Sun went on to warn its potential customers , is ‘ a sinister survivor of the mediaeval past with few modern facilities … the Sardinians treat their criminals ruthlessly — and there will be no relaxation of their hard regime for the English . ’ |
| 28 | Apart from the Ukrainophile Kirillo-Methodian Society , which the regime thought particularly dangerous because of its obsessive concern for the unity of the empire , no circle of intellectuals was treated as harshly as the Petrashevtsy in the period between 1826 and 1848 . |
| 29 | By cutting one of the polar craft , it could save up to $50 million of its annual budget for the craft of $230 million . |
| 30 | RATHBONE Brothers , the quoted private banking and investment management group , will next week declare a second interim dividend to be paid in lieu of its final dividend for the year ended 31 December in order to avoid the adverse impact on shareholders of Budget changes to the advance corporation tax regime , writes Ian Harper . |